News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-15
Lamoille County Court.

Upon the reassemhling of the court
on Thursday morning the case OF A.
G. Raymond, Admir-, VS.. Byron II.
Luce went on trial. Mr.. Wilkins, as
sisted by Mr.. Mcfarland, for Pltf.,
and Mr.. Macutchan, assisted by MIR.
Gleed, for the Deft. Mr.. Wilkins,
after putting in some paper evidence
and dispositions, called the Deft. Luce
to the stand. From him he made the
PIf''s case so entire that the counsel
for Def. remarked that they saw
nothing for argument, nor for the
jury. The Plff. took q verdict and
| Judgment for S1553.S5. Subsequent
ly a certified execution was granted
upon the ground that the money was
held by the Deft. in a fiduciary rela-
ton. The testimony of the Deft. was
that Mrs. Wait handed him the money
telling him to take it and keep it until
she called for 1t, or until 1t was called
| for.
The Grand Jury having reported
true bill against Hiram Richardson OF
johnson, who has been confined in the
county jail since about the 10th OF last
June, on charge of assault with at
tempt to rape, he demanded an imme-
diate trial, and jury was empan-
nelled on Saturday morning. The
States Attorney, w. H. Parker, was
assisted by R. w. Hulburd, and the
Respondent was defended by Messrs.
Hunt, Wilson & Powers. As might
we'll be conjectured, when such an ar
ray of young and vigorous counsel
were engaged, the trial was spunky
one, and was not concluded until Mon
day evening, the jury meantime hav-
ing been kept together. The counsel
on both sides consented to allow the
jury to separate over Sunday, as has
often been done in this county; but
Judge Rowell refused to sanction the
arrangement, believing as he said that
the Respondent could not so waive his
legal right to have the jury kept to-
gether as not to be able to set aside
verdict afterwards, if one was ZEN
dered against him. The verdict was
equity of simple ASSAULT" and the
court sentenced the Respondent to
pay a fine of $4,000 and the costs,
with the alternative sentence to the
work house if not paid within "a
| hours.
All unite in praising the conduct of
the case by the young attorneys on
both sides, and seem to take pride in
Lamoille's rising bar; the old lawyers
being among the most liberal IN their
favorable comments.
Meantime the court has been in
session all the time, and the Grand
jury have continued to work. Five
Respondents were permitted to plead
in liquor cases:
Augustus Robbins. Eden, three first
offences, fine $50 and costs; Eli E.
Boomhower, Geo. E. Woodward, and
A. o. Gates, of Morrisville, and Geo.
Melvin of Jacksonville, the same.
Divorces have been granted to the
following: Abbott j. Amsden from
Monette E. Amsden, for adultery
Arthur Fairbanks from Cora G. Fair
banks, for desertion; Nellie M. Hub
bell from Fred C. HubbeIl, for intol-
cradle severity. The story of the pc
titioner in the latter case, which was
well fortified by other witnesses, was
a pitiful one, and developed the fact
that the husband is g drunken worth
less brute.
At last accounts there was no i'm
mediate prospects of the Grand Jury
completing its labors. Yesterday
large numbers of witnesses were in
attendance, waiting their turn to be
called. Morristown, Hyde Park,
johnson and Eden seemed to have
| full delegations. 1t would rather
appear that the Grand Jury believe
4 that the local authorities n4-nosL=o
the towns have failed to perform theil
duties in regard to the execution OF
the liquor law, and have felt compelled
to 'hitch on the long team and pull
it through. No doubt this is the only
way the law can have any adequate
execution in the county. Before a
Justice of the Peace and jury of six
men, one-half Of whom are almost sure
to be imbibers, a conviction is easily
avoided; but when the rum-seller
hears "the bell ring" and he knows
he has to face a court where trial
can not be made a farce, and where
the most reckless lawyer dare not ira
duce the law, he knows that the game
of bluff is up. The work is we'll be-
gun; let it go on. Would it not be
well, too, to indict few of the wit
nesses who 60 before the jury and I'M
blushingly viify the truth?